Lewis and Clark in Kentucky - 1806 Return of Expedition & Death of Meriwaether Lewis
Marker Number:
2214
Location:
5th & Main Streets, Shelbyville
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark, leaders of the 1803-06 journety to the Pacific, visited Shelbyville several times. In Nov. 1806, on the Expedition's return, Lewis arrived with Expedition veterans, Mandan & Osage Indian delegations bound for Washington, DC. Over.
Reverse Description:
In Shelbyville on Oct. 28, 1809, Clark learned of the death of his Expedition partner, Meriwether Lewis. Clark stopped in town when traveling eastward and read a newspaper report that Lewis had killed himself in Tennessee.